Non-refillable bottle.



"No. 871,702. PATENTED NOV. 19, 1907. H. G. JOHNSON & O. STEIDBL.

NON-REFILLABLE BOTTLE. APPLICATION FILED MAY 10, 19 07.

m WW1 V53 W m HE T m w R A U v G ATTORNEYS 1 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HARRY G. JOHNSON AND OSCAR STEIDEL, OF WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.

NON-REFILLABLE BOTTLE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 19, 1907.

Application filed May 10, 1907. Serial No. 372,905.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, HARRY C. J onNsoN and OSCAR STEIDEL, citizens of the United States, and residents of Washington, in the District of Columbia, have invented an I1nprovement in Non Refillable Bottles, of which the following is a specification.

This invention is an improvement in nonrefillable bottles having for an object to provide a novel construction whereby two balls within the neck of the bottle may operate one as a sealing ball and the other as a stop ball in connection with a novel construction of bottle neck for permitting the contents of the bottle to be poured or dispensed and for .preventing the refilling of the bottle; and

the invention consists in certain novel constructions and combinations of parts as will be hereinafter described and claimed.

In the drawing, Figure 1 is a side view partly broken away, and Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinal section partly broken away of a bottleembodying our invention. Fig. 3 is a cross section on about line 3-3 of Fig. 2; and Fig.4 is a sectional view showing the bottle tilted and with the balls in position to permit the contents of the bottle to be poured off.

In carrying out the invention, thebodyA of the bottle may be of any suitable form, and the neck B is contracted toward its lower end forming at B. a seat for the valve C, Whiehlatter is in the form of a ball, is preferably made of glass, and has a wire D united with it by a breakable connection at D, preferably by embedding the wire for a short distance within the ball C, so the wire may be operated to lift the ball when it is desired to fill the, bottle, and then after the bottle has been filled, be pulled forcibly to detach it at D from the ball 0, leaving the latter free to close by gravity on its seat B when the bottle is in the position shown in Figs. 1 and 2. Above the seat B the neck B is spread or enlarged, forming a chamber B in which the ball valve 0 is held when the bottle is tilted to the position shown in Fig. 4 by the stop ball E, which also operates within the chamber B is preferably made of less diameter than the ball 0, and like the said ballO preferably of glass, and the diameter of the valve ball C plus that of the stop ball E, is less than the eatest interior diameter of the bottle nec so the ball valve 0 cannot pass the ball E when the bottle is tilted to the position shown in Fig. 4. At

its outer end the bottle neck B has a cylindrical bore at B and this bore B is preferably of slightly greater diameter than the ball E, so the latter may roll down within the bore B when the bottle is tilted as shown in Fig. 4, and stop projections B are arranged in the bore B to limit the outward movement of the ball E and stop the parts C and E in the position shown in Fig. 4 when the bottle is tilted.

In operation, when the parts are in the position shown in Fi 's. 1 and 2, it willbe noticed the ball 0 se.Is the passage to the body A of the bottle, and thus prevents the pouring of liquid into the said body, except when the wire D is utilized to lift the ball 0 at the initial filling of the bottle as before described. After the bottle has been filled and the wire D removed, the bottle cannot be refilled when in the position shown in Fig. 2, because of the sealing action of the ball C as before described. However, the bottle may be tilted to the position shown in Fi 4, in which it will permit the contents of the bottle to be dispensed, the ball 0 unseating by ravity as will be understood from the said In operation, the balls C and E are usually incased within the bottle neck in the operation of forming the latter, as will be understood by those skilled in the art of glass blowin and bottle making.

e claim 1, The improvement in non-refillable bottles herein described, comprising the bottle having its neck contracted toward its lower end forming a seat for a sealing valve and spread above said seat for the play of the sealin valve and its cooperating ball, a sealing va lve in the form of a ball and operatin in the neck of the bottle and toward an from the seat at the lower end of said neck, a stop ball in the bottle neck and above the ball valve and made of a diameter less than the bore of the upper portion of the neck of the bottle, whereby it may roll therein when the bottle is tilted, and stop projections in the bottle neck above the stop ball and adapted to prevent the seating of the latter, the diameter of the ball valve plus that of the stop ball being greater than the reatest interior diameter of the neck of the bottle, substantially as set forth.

2. A bottle having its neck provided with a chambered portion curving on gradual lines from end to end and terminating at its duced portion *of the bottle neck and abut the stop projection therein, the said stop ball being of less diameter than such portion 15 of the neck whereby it may operate therein when the bottle is tilted to dispense its contents.

HARRY C. JOHNSON. OSCAR STEIDEL.

. Witnesses:

SoLoN C. KEMoN, PERRY B. TU'RPIN. 

